Autographic film-pack



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CHARLES .'E. FAWKES, OF D'UBUQUE, IOWA, AND CHAUNCEY W. MCINTYBE, OF

` FARNHAM, NEW YORK.

AUTOGRAPHIC FILM-PACK.

To all whom t may concer/n:

Be it known that we, CHARLES E. FAwKns, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dubuque, in the county of Dubuque. and State of Iowa7 and CHAUNCEY W. MCIN- TYnn, a citizen oit the United States, residing at Farnham, in the county of Erie and'State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Autographic Film-Packs, of which the following is a specification. f

This invention relates to photographic .film packs of the type in which a plurality of flat fiexible films are arranged in a pack and separately exposed in a. photographic camera, and the purpose of the invention is to provide means for mounting and manipulating the films to permit the dating and titling of the successively exposed. films immediately` after exposure. n

The principal object of the invention is to provide a light tight container comprising an exposure chamber and a dark storage chamber communicating with each other to permit the removal of the films from one chamber to the other after exposure, means being provided for autographing the films after they have been withdrawn into the storage chamber. A further feature of the invention is the provision of means for permitting one or moreof the exposed or auto.- graphed films to be drawn into the storage chamber for autographing without disturbing or fogging the unexposed films in thev pack. A further object of the invention is to provide an improved partition member for the container in combination with iniproved means for mounting the same.` Another important feature of* the invention is the provision kof an improved manipulating member for each film. Other objects relate to various features `of construction and arrangement` which will be set out more fully hereinafter.

The nature of the invention will be under stood from the following specification taken with the accompanying drawings, in which one embodiment is illust-rated. l

ln the drawingsi Figure 1 shows a longitudinal sectional View through the container and its contents; Fig. 2 is a perspectiveview of one of the films and the manipulatingmember thereo't'; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the parti-A tion member;

Patented Feb. 8, 1921.

Application filed .Tune 23, 1919. Serial No. 306,066.

mounting the partition member in the container; and

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the follower board which is mounted on the inner side of the pack of' unexposed films.

Our improved lm pack comprises a sub stantially flat container or casing 10 having a front wall l0, a rearwall 10b, end. walls l()c and 10, and side walls 10e. This cas ing is formed preferably of a single sheet of opaque material, such as heavy paper or card-boardythe edges being joined along the rear, wall 10b, and the opposite front wall 10 being provided with a rectangular exposnre opening 11. A. longitudinal slit or outlet opening l2 is provided in the end wall 10, the material bounding one edge of this opening being reversibly bent to form a pressure member 13 which bears upon one side of the series of manipulating members of the films which extend through the opening. The extremity of the side wall 10b` which bounds the other side of the outlet yopening l2 is provided with a mat le of versely extending .rectangular autograph opening 15 through which a stylus or other member may be inserted for the purpose of dating and titling the film, as hereinafter described.

A partition member 20 of sheet metal or the like is mounted within thecasing l() to divide the same into two chambers, one of which is adapted to contain the unexposed films opposite the opening ll, while the other is adapted to hold the films after they have been exposed.' The partition member 2O comprises a fiat plate having parallel side walls or flanges 20a. VThe body portion of the partition member is provided at opposite ends thereof with rolls 2l 'and 22, and the side walls 2OEL are extended beyond these rolls, forming tongues 23 which are reversely bent. as shown at 23a, around the which may be ely tor 'who l DISTA- the chsg.

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, DOTS As el mugh the opening ers projec th nemb sheet 32 and permit light to pass therethrough after being diffused by the backing, thereby forming a developable impression on the film. In this Way the films may be exposed and Vmoved into the storage chamber in succession', each film being autographed immediately after it is exposed. After the film has been moved into position in the storage .chamben the manipulating sheet 3ft thereof may be torn off and after all of' the films have been exposed, the casing l() may be torn off to permit development kofthe pack kof, films.

lVhile We have shown and described one form of the invention for purposes of illustration, it will be understood that it may be constructed in various other forms Without departing from the scope of the appended claims. f

What We claim is: v

l. `The combination 0f a casing having an exposure opening, a series of films arranged in a pack opposite said opening, means for exposing said films` successively, and means for permitting the autographing the body portions of said films ywhile in said casing.

2. The combination of a casing having an exposure opening, a partition dividing said casing into an exposure chamber and a storage chamber', a series of films arranged in a pack in said exposure chamber opposite said exposure opening, means for moving` the ex-` posed films intofsaid storage chamber, and means for permitting the autographing the rear sides of the body portionsfof said films While in said storage chamber.-

`3. The combination of a casing having an exposure opening and an'autograph opening, a series of filmsy arranged in a pack' opposite said exposure opening, and means for exposingsaid films successively and moving them to positionswith their rear sides pre- ,sented toward said autograph opening.

4. The combination of a casing having an exposure,opening, a series of .films arranged in a pack opposite said opening, means for exposing said films successively, means for moving each exposed film to presentthe rear side thereof toward an outerwall of' said casing, and means to permit the autographing each exposed filmby an instru-v movingeach of said films after exposure to the rear of said pack with the face ofthe film directed toward said exposure opening, and means for allowing the `formation of a developable impression on each exposed film i from the rear side thereof.

'6. Thecombination of a casing having an exposure opening andy an vautograph opening in the Walls thereof, a series offfilms ar-` ranged in a pack in said casing with their yfaces directed toward said exposure opening, and means for moving each of said films after exposure to a position with the rear side thereof directed toward said autograph opening t 7. The combination of a casing having an vexposure opening, a series of films arranged may be autographed by exerting pressure on said backing sheet, thereby rupturing said backing sheet.

8. The combination of a casing having an exposure opening and an autograph opening, a series of films arranged in a pack within said casing, a series of manipulating members each connected to one of said films, and means coperating with said manipulating members to permit the removal of each exposed filmV to autographing position with the rear side thereof directed toward said autograph opening.

9. `The combination of a casing having an exposure opening and an autograph opening, a series of films arranged in a pack Within said casing, a series of manipulating members each connected to one of said films, andv means cooperating with said manipulating 'members to permit the removal of each exposed film to autographing position with Ythe rearside thereof directed toward said autograph opening, said manipulating sheet-s having apertures therethrough to re ceive an autographing member inserted through said autograph openingy and engaging the `exposed film.

10. The combination of a casing-having an exposure opening and an autograph opening, a series of unconnected flexible films arranged in a pack opposite said exposurer opening, means for bending said films and reversing the position thereof iii said casing a plurality of times, and means for allowing the formation of a developable impression on each film'after ithas been reversed. v

11. The combination of a casing having an exposure opening,-a series offlexible films arrangedV in a pack oppositeV said opening, a seriesof separate manipulating sheets l each attached to the end of one of said films.,

and operating members in opposite ends of said casing around which said manipulating sheets 'are passed, said casing having an outlet opening through which the projectingends of said manipulating sheets extend.

12. The combination of a casing having an exposure opening, a series of flexible films arranged in a pack opposite said opening, a fracturing sheet secured to the rear side of each film, a backing sheet secured to each hlm on the rear side ot the fracturing sheet, manipulating members secured to one end of each film, and means eintrag-ingsaid manipulating members to permit the operation thereof' Jfor reversing the positions of the exposed films in said casing and presenting the backing sheets thereof toward an outer wall of said casing, said casing having an outlet opening, through Which the ends of said manipulating 1nemhers extend.

13. rEhe Combination of a casing having an exposure opening, a series of flexible films arranged in a pack opposite said opening, a fracturing sheet secured to the rear side of each film, a backing sheet seizured to each film on the rear side of the fracturing sheet, manipulating members secured to one end of each film, means engaging said manipulating` members to permit the operation thereof for reversing the positions of the exposed films in said casing and presentingr the backing` sheets thereof toward an outer ivall of said casing, said casing havingr an outlet openinga through which the ends of said manipulating members extend. and means Coperating with said manipulating members to limit the movement ot the exposed films.

ifi. rThe combination of a casingI having an exposure opening; and an autograph opening', a series of flexible films arranqed in a pack opposite said exposure opening, a series of manipulating sheets each attached to one ot said films. supportingr members mounted in said casino; and endocrine' said manipulating sheets to effect a double reversal of the position of each film when said sheets are manipulated. therebv presentinq the rear side or" each exposed film toward said exposure openinfr, and means to permit the operation of said maninulatinfr sheets While excluding licht from said casing'.

l5. The combination of a casing having an exposure openine in one side thereof and an autograph openinfr in the opposite side thereof, a series of hlms arraneed in a nach in said casina and directed toward said exposure opening. a series of flexible manipulatine sheets each attached to the end ot one of said films. a pair of rolls mounted adn jacent opposite ends of said casinasaid manipulating sheets heine extended around said rolls with their free ends adiacent the end of said casinfr opposite that toward which the free ends of said films are directed. said casino' havino; an outlet oneninq throuvh which the free ends of said manipulatino sheets are extended. and means for alloxvino; the 'formation ot a developahle impression on each exposed film after it has been presented opposite said autograph opening by the manipulation of its connected sheet.

16. The combination of a casing having an exposure openingv in one side thereof and an autograph opening in the opposite side thereof, a series o'l flexible films arranged in a pacl in said casing' and directed toward said exposure opening, a series of flexible manipulating sheets each attached to one end of' one of said films, and a pair of rolls mounted adjacent the opposite ends of said casing with said manipulatingr sheets passed around them, said casing having' a slot through which the free ends of said sheets extend, said manipulating sheets h a ving apertures therethrough normally located in register with said exposure opening' to permit the insertion therethrough and through said autograph opening;r of' a member adapted to engage the last exposed film after it has been moved around said rolls by the manipulation of its connected sheet.

17. The combination of a casingr having an exposure opening!y in one side thereof and an autograph opening in the opposite side thereof, a series of flexible films arranged in a pack in said casing and directed toward said exposure opening, a series of flexible manipulating;v sheets each attached to one end of one of said films, a pair of rolls mounted adjacent the opposite ends oi said casina- With said maniinilatinar sheets passed around them. said casina havint: a slot throueh which the free ends of said sheets extend, said manipulating sheets having, apertures therethrough normally located in refxister with said exposure oueuinq to permit the insertion therethrough and throufrh said autograph opening of a member adapted to engafze the last exposed film after it has been moved around said rolls hv the manipulation of its connected sheet. and a bridrre member adapted to underlie the exposed films opposite said autograph open ing.

18. -The combination of a casinar havino; an exposure oncninor in one side thereof and an autoqranh oneuinq' in the opposite side thereof. a partition member mounted in said casino: to divide the same into an exposure chamber and a storage chamber, said partition member havinfY nroiectinq touffues on the ends thereot which are heut around the side .valls of said casinq to hold the partition in position. a series of films mounted in said exposure chamber. a series of manipulating sheets each connected to one of said films. pair of rolls carried at ooosite ends of said partition member. said partition member haviue; a slot therethrouoh adiacent one of said rolls. said manipulating sheets heine extended over one of said rolls and along the rear side of said partition memberfwhere they pass through said slot and around the other roll from which they extend in the opposite direction toward the other end of Said casing, and a bridge member mounted between the strehhes of said manipulating sheets opposite said autograph opening, said manipulating sheets having apertures which normally coperate with said autograph opening and said bridge member. 10 In testimony whereof We have Subscribed our names.

CHARLES E. FAWKES.

CHAUNCEY V. MCINTYRE. 

